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Thomas Stieglitz

Thomas Stieglitz

D-Index & Metrics

Discipline name D-Index World Ranking Current World Ranking National Ranking Current National Ranking Publications Citations
Engineering and Technology 75 743 702 14 14 561 22299

Thomas Stieglitz publications per year

The chart shows the history of publications by Thomas Stieglitz between 1993 and 2026, highlighting the no. of papers published in each year and offering an overview of the publication velocity of this scholar. Thomas Stieglitz published across 34 years, from 1993 to 2026, averaging 20.9 papers a year. Output peaked at 43 publications in 2021. 27 of the 711 publications appeared in the last two years.

No. of publications
10 20 30 40
Bar chart. Horizontal axis: year, 1993 to 2026. Vertical axis: number of publications, 0 to 43. Peak 43 publications in 2021. 1993: 1 publication 1994: 1 publication 1995: 3 publications 1996: 2 publications 1997: 9 publications 1998: 8 publications 1999: 9 publications 2000: 16 publications 2001: 27 publications 2002: 18 publications 2003: 12 publications 2004: 12 publications 2005: 13 publications 2006: 18 publications 2007: 18 publications 2008: 16 publications 2009: 28 publications 2010: 28 publications 2011: 35 publications 2012: 32 publications 2013: 26 publications 2014: 28 publications 2015: 36 publications 2016: 23 publications 2017: 40 publications 2018: 35 publications 2019: 39 publications 2020: 31 publications 2021: 43 publications 2022: 20 publications 2023: 27 publications 2024: 30 publications 2025: 26 publications 2026: 1 publication
1993 2026

711 publications in total across all disciplines

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Thomas Stieglitz: publications per year, 1993 to 2026
Year Publications
1993 1
1994 1
1995 3
1996 2
1997 9
1998 8
1999 9
2000 16
2001 27
2002 18
2003 12
2004 12
2005 13
2006 18
2007 18
2008 16
2009 28
2010 28
2011 35
2012 32
2013 26
2014 28
2015 36
2016 23
2017 40
2018 35
2019 39
2020 31
2021 43
2022 20
2023 27
2024 30
2025 26
2026 1
Total 711
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Thomas Stieglitz publication distribution in Engineering and Technology in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Engineering and Technology in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Thomas Stieglitz sits on this spectrum.

No. of scientists
100 200 300 400
Bar chart with 78 bars. Horizontal axis: publications, 38–47 to 804+. Vertical axis: number of scientists, 0 to 457. Most scientists, 457, have 148–157 publications. The last bar groups every scientist with 804 publications or more. The highlighted bar, 558–567 publications, is where this scientist sits. 38–47 publications: 20 scientists 48–57 publications: 35 scientists 58–67 publications: 96 scientists 68–77 publications: 135 scientists 78–87 publications: 190 scientists 88–97 publications: 259 scientists 98–107 publications: 283 scientists 108–117 publications: 369 scientists 118–127 publications: 341 scientists 128–137 publications: 386 scientists 138–147 publications: 372 scientists 148–157 publications: 457 scientists 158–167 publications: 415 scientists 168–177 publications: 407 scientists 178–187 publications: 421 scientists 188–197 publications: 378 scientists 198–207 publications: 403 scientists 208–217 publications: 317 scientists 218–227 publications: 346 scientists 228–237 publications: 321 scientists 238–247 publications: 260 scientists 248–257 publications: 280 scientists 258–267 publications: 240 scientists 268–277 publications: 214 scientists 278–287 publications: 242 scientists 288–297 publications: 203 scientists 298–307 publications: 166 scientists 308–317 publications: 154 scientists 318–327 publications: 175 scientists 328–337 publications: 159 scientists 338–347 publications: 99 scientists 348–357 publications: 131 scientists 358–367 publications: 106 scientists 368–377 publications: 118 scientists 378–387 publications: 97 scientists 388–397 publications: 108 scientists 398–407 publications: 82 scientists 408–417 publications: 71 scientists 418–427 publications: 64 scientists 428–437 publications: 55 scientists 438–447 publications: 54 scientists 448–457 publications: 60 scientists 458–467 publications: 47 scientists 468–477 publications: 40 scientists 478–487 publications: 30 scientists 488–497 publications: 29 scientists 498–507 publications: 38 scientists 508–517 publications: 40 scientists 518–527 publications: 32 scientists 528–537 publications: 23 scientists 538–547 publications: 28 scientists 548–557 publications: 23 scientists 558–567 publications: 19 scientists 568–577 publications: 16 scientists 578–587 publications: 17 scientists 588–597 publications: 18 scientists 598–607 publications: 22 scientists 608–617 publications: 15 scientists 618–627 publications: 9 scientists 628–637 publications: 11 scientists 638–647 publications: 21 scientists 648–657 publications: 12 scientists 658–667 publications: 9 scientists 668–677 publications: 11 scientists 678–687 publications: 9 scientists 688–697 publications: 6 scientists 698–707 publications: 14 scientists 708–717 publications: 7 scientists 718–727 publications: 8 scientists 728–737 publications: 10 scientists 738–747 publications: 9 scientists 748–757 publications: 5 scientists 758–767 publications: 5 scientists 768–777 publications: 11 scientists 778–787 publications: 7 scientists 788–797 publications: 2 scientists 798–803 publications: 4 scientists 804+ publications: 100 scientists
38–47 publications 804+

This scientist: 561 publications — 96th percentile

96% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 804 publications or more.

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Number of Engineering and Technology scientists by publication count, Research.com 2026 ranking edition. Based on 9,796 ranked scientists.
Publications Scientists This scientist
38–47 20
48–57 35
58–67 96
68–77 135
78–87 190
88–97 259
98–107 283
108–117 369
118–127 341
128–137 386
138–147 372
148–157 457
158–167 415
168–177 407
178–187 421
188–197 378
198–207 403
208–217 317
218–227 346
228–237 321
238–247 260
248–257 280
258–267 240
268–277 214
278–287 242
288–297 203
298–307 166
308–317 154
318–327 175
328–337 159
338–347 99
348–357 131
358–367 106
368–377 118
378–387 97
388–397 108
398–407 82
408–417 71
418–427 64
428–437 55
438–447 54
448–457 60
458–467 47
468–477 40
478–487 30
488–497 29
498–507 38
508–517 40
518–527 32
528–537 23
538–547 28
548–557 23
558–567 19 561
568–577 16
578–587 17
588–597 18
598–607 22
608–617 15
618–627 9
628–637 11
638–647 21
648–657 12
658–667 9
668–677 11
678–687 9
688–697 6
698–707 14
708–717 7
718–727 8
728–737 10
738–747 9
748–757 5
758–767 5
768–777 11
778–787 7
788–797 2
798–803 4
804+ 100
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Thomas Stieglitz D-index placement in Engineering and Technology in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Engineering and Technology scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Thomas Stieglitz sits on this spectrum.

No. of scientists
100 200 300 400
Bar chart with 78 bars. Horizontal axis: D-Index, 30 to 107+. Vertical axis: number of scientists, 0 to 426. Most scientists, 426, have 42 D-Index. The last bar groups every scientist with 107 D-Index or more. The highlighted bar, 75 D-Index, is where this scientist sits. 30 D-Index: 59 scientists 31 D-Index: 114 scientists 32 D-Index: 129 scientists 33 D-Index: 189 scientists 34 D-Index: 200 scientists 35 D-Index: 262 scientists 36 D-Index: 311 scientists 37 D-Index: 312 scientists 38 D-Index: 350 scientists 39 D-Index: 385 scientists 40 D-Index: 348 scientists 41 D-Index: 362 scientists 42 D-Index: 426 scientists 43 D-Index: 380 scientists 44 D-Index: 310 scientists 45 D-Index: 341 scientists 46 D-Index: 301 scientists 47 D-Index: 306 scientists 48 D-Index: 271 scientists 49 D-Index: 246 scientists 50 D-Index: 210 scientists 51 D-Index: 253 scientists 52 D-Index: 213 scientists 53 D-Index: 221 scientists 54 D-Index: 195 scientists 55 D-Index: 186 scientists 56 D-Index: 170 scientists 57 D-Index: 167 scientists 58 D-Index: 166 scientists 59 D-Index: 144 scientists 60 D-Index: 152 scientists 61 D-Index: 141 scientists 62 D-Index: 138 scientists 63 D-Index: 131 scientists 64 D-Index: 118 scientists 65 D-Index: 114 scientists 66 D-Index: 119 scientists 67 D-Index: 95 scientists 68 D-Index: 87 scientists 69 D-Index: 77 scientists 70 D-Index: 89 scientists 71 D-Index: 69 scientists 72 D-Index: 54 scientists 73 D-Index: 46 scientists 74 D-Index: 55 scientists 75 D-Index: 54 scientists 76 D-Index: 49 scientists 77 D-Index: 53 scientists 78 D-Index: 46 scientists 79 D-Index: 28 scientists 80 D-Index: 39 scientists 81 D-Index: 36 scientists 82 D-Index: 24 scientists 83 D-Index: 26 scientists 84 D-Index: 36 scientists 85 D-Index: 18 scientists 86 D-Index: 25 scientists 87 D-Index: 19 scientists 88 D-Index: 26 scientists 89 D-Index: 27 scientists 90 D-Index: 23 scientists 91 D-Index: 15 scientists 92 D-Index: 12 scientists 93 D-Index: 9 scientists 94 D-Index: 15 scientists 95 D-Index: 10 scientists 96 D-Index: 13 scientists 97 D-Index: 13 scientists 98 D-Index: 9 scientists 99 D-Index: 7 scientists 100 D-Index: 7 scientists 101 D-Index: 8 scientists 102 D-Index: 7 scientists 103 D-Index: 7 scientists 104 D-Index: 9 scientists 105 D-Index: 6 scientists 106 D-Index: 9 scientists 107+ D-Index: 99 scientists
30 D-Index 107+

This scientist: 75 D-Index — 93rd percentile

93% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 107 D-Index or more.

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Number of Engineering and Technology scientists by D-index, Research.com 2026 ranking edition. Based on 9,796 ranked scientists.
D-Index Scientists This scientist
30 59
31 114
32 129
33 189
34 200
35 262
36 311
37 312
38 350
39 385
40 348
41 362
42 426
43 380
44 310
45 341
46 301
47 306
48 271
49 246
50 210
51 253
52 213
53 221
54 195
55 186
56 170
57 167
58 166
59 144
60 152
61 141
62 138
63 131
64 118
65 114
66 119
67 95
68 87
69 77
70 89
71 69
72 54
73 46
74 55
75 54 75
76 49
77 53
78 46
79 28
80 39
81 36
82 24
83 26
84 36
85 18
86 25
87 19
88 26
89 27
90 23
91 15
92 12
93 9
94 15
95 10
96 13
97 13
98 9
99 7
100 7
101 8
102 7
103 7
104 9
105 6
106 9
107+ 99
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Overview

Thomas Stieglitz is affiliated with the University of Freiburg in Germany. Their research primarily spans the fields of Neuroscience and Engineering, with detailed work in subfields including Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, Biomedical Engineering, Cognitive Neuroscience, Electrical and Electronic Engineering, and Neurology.

The scientist's scholarly output encompasses several main topics such as Neuroscience and Neural Engineering, Muscle activation and electromyography studies, EEG and Brain-Computer Interfaces, Advanced Memory and Neural Computing, Conducting polymers and applications, Advanced Sensor and Energy Harvesting Materials, and Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation Studies.

Frequent publication venues reflect their research interests and include:

  • Journal of Neural Engineering
  • Current Directions in Biomedical Engineering
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Biomaterials
  • Advanced Healthcare Materials

Some of Thomas Stieglitz's recent papers are:

  • Tutorial: guidelines for standardized performance tests for electrodes intended for neural interfaces and bioelectronics (2020, Nature Protocols)
  • Toward higher-performance bionic limbs for wider clinical use (2021, Nature Biomedical Engineering)
  • Radium isotopes as submarine groundwater discharge (SGD) tracers: Review and recommendations (2021, Earth-Science Reviews)
  • Conformable polyimide-based μECoGs: Bringing the electrodes closer to the signal source (2020, Biomaterials)
  • Poly(3,4-ethylenedioxythiophene)-Based Neural Interfaces for Recording and Stimulation: Fundamental Aspects and In Vivo Applications (2022, Advanced Science)

Among frequent co-authors, Thomas Stieglitz has collaborated multiple times with:

  • Silvestro Micera
  • Giacomo Valle
  • Paul Čvančara
  • Cristian Pasluosta
  • Paolo Maria Rossini

Best Publications

  • Quantifying Submarine Groundwater Discharge in the Coastal Zone via Multiple Methods

    W.C. Burnett;P.K. Aggarwal;A. Aureli;H. Bokuniewicz

  • Restoring Natural Sensory Feedback in Real-Time Bidirectional Hand Prostheses

    Stanisa Raspopovic;Stanisa Raspopovic;Marco Capogrosso;Marco Capogrosso;Francesco Maria Petrini;Marco Bonizzato

  • A critical review of interfaces with the peripheral nervous system for the control of neuroprostheses and hybrid bionic systems

    Xavier Navarro;Thilo B. Krueger;Thilo B. Krueger;Natalia Lago;Silvestro Micera

  • Attentional stimulus selection through selective synchronization between monkey visual areas.

    Conrado A. Bosman;Conrado A. Bosman;Jan-Mathijs Schoffelen;Nicolas Brunet;Robert Oostenveld

  • Polymers for neural implants

    Christina Hassler;Tim Boretius;Thomas Stieglitz

  • A transverse intrafascicular multichannel electrode (TIME) to interface with the peripheral nerve.

    Tim Boretius;Jordi Badia;Aran Pascual-Font;Martin Schuettler

  • A MEMS-based flexible multichannel ECoG-electrode array.

    Birthe Rubehn;Conrado Bosman;Robert Oostenveld;Pascal Fries

  • Micromachined, Polyimide-Based Devices for Flexible Neural Interfaces

    Thomas Stieglitz;Hansjo¨rg Beutel;Martin Schuettler;J.-Uwe Meyer

  • Biomimetic Intraneural Sensory Feedback Enhances Sensation Naturalness, Tactile Sensitivity, and Manual Dexterity in a Bidirectional Prosthesis.

    Giacomo Valle;Giacomo Valle;Alberto Mazzoni;Francesco Iberite;Edoardo D’Anna

  • A closed-loop hand prosthesis with simultaneous intraneural tactile and position feedback.

    Edoardo D’Anna;Giacomo Valle;Giacomo Valle;Alberto Mazzoni;Ivo Strauss;Ivo Strauss

  • Characterization of parylene C as an encapsulation material for implanted neural prostheses

    Christina Hassler;Rene P. von Metzen;Patrick Ruther;Thomas Stieglitz

  • Polyimide cuff electrodes for peripheral nerve stimulation.

    F J Rodríguez;D Ceballos;M Schüttler;A Valero

  • Tutorial: guidelines for standardized performance tests for electrodes intended for neural interfaces and bioelectronics.

    Christian Boehler;Stefano Carli;Luciano Fadiga;Luciano Fadiga;Thomas Stieglitz

  • Submarine groundwater discharge: updates on its measurement techniques, geophysical drivers, magnitudes, and effects

    Makoto Taniguchi;Henrietta Dulai;Kimberly M. Burnett;Isaac R. Santos;Isaac R. Santos

  • Comparative analysis of transverse intrafascicular multichannel, longitudinal intrafascicular and multipolar cuff electrodes for the selective stimulation of nerve fascicles.

    Jordi Badia;Tim Boretius;David Andreu;Christine Azevedo-Coste

  • Sensory feedback restoration in leg amputees improves walking speed, metabolic cost and phantom pain.

    Francesco Maria Petrini;Francesco Maria Petrini;Marko Bumbasirevic;Giacomo Valle;Giacomo Valle;Vladimir Ilic

  • In vitro evaluation of the long-term stability of polyimide as a material for neural implants.

    Birthe Rubehn;Thomas Stieglitz

  • Toward higher-performance bionic limbs for wider clinical use

    Dario Farina;Ivan Vujaklija;Rickard Brånemark;Rickard Brånemark;Anthony M J Bull

  • Enhancing functional abilities and cognitive integration of the lower limb prosthesis

    Francesco Maria Petrini;Francesco Maria Petrini;Giacomo Valle;Giacomo Valle;Marko Bumbasirevic;Federica Barberi

  • Long term assessment of axonal regeneration through polyimide regenerative electrodes to interface the peripheral nerve

    Natalia Lago;Dolores Ceballos;Francisco J Rodrı́guez;Thomas Stieglitz

  • Implantable biomedical microsystems for neural prostheses

    T. Stieglitz;M. Schuetter;K.P. Koch

Frequent Co-Authors

Silvestro Micera
Silvestro Micera Sant'Anna School of Advanced Studies
Xavier Navarro
Xavier Navarro Autonomous University of Barcelona
Paolo Maria Rossini
Paolo Maria Rossini Catholic University of the Sacred Heart
Ken Yoshida
Ken Yoshida Indiana University – Purdue University Indianapolis
Patrick Ruther
Patrick Ruther University of Freiburg
Andreas Schulze-Bonhage
Andreas Schulze-Bonhage University of Freiburg
Peter V. Ridd
Peter V. Ridd James Cook University
Luciano Fadiga
Luciano Fadiga Italian Institute of Technology
Peter G. Cook
Peter G. Cook Flinders University
Oliver Paul
Oliver Paul University of Freiburg

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